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Stephanie L. Bush, Ph. D. 831-775-1891 [email protected]

CURRENT POSITION Postdoctoral Fellow, Midwater Ecology Group, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute & Tentacles Exhibit, Monterey Bay Aquarium. Advisor: Dr. Bruce Robison, Research Chair & Senior Scientist Research Collaborator, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History

PREVIOUS POSITIONS Postdoctoral Fellow, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History Advisor: Dr. Karen Osborn, Curator of Invertebrate Zoology Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Rhode Island Advisor: Dr. Brad Seibel, Professor of Biological Sciences

EDUCATION 2004-2009, Ph. D. in Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA Dissertation title: Deep-sea squid defensive behaviors: ink release, body patterning, and arm autotomy Major Advisor: Dr. Roy L. Caldwell, Professor of Integrative Biology “Field-site”: MBARI/Monterey Bay Submarine Canyon, CA On-site Advisor: Dr. Bruce Robison, Senior Scientist, MBARI

2002-2003, Three Seas Program, Northeastern University, Boston, MA Intensive marine biology field- and course-work at 3 locations: The Marine Science Center, Nahant, Massachusetts; Discovery Bay Marine Laboratory, Discovery Bay, Jamaica; and Friday Harbor Laboratories, San Juan Island, Washington

1998-2002, B. S. in Biology, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL Magna Cum Laude, May 2002

2000-2001, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia Study abroad concentrating on marine biology, behavior, and statistics coursework

PUBLICATIONS Hoving, H.J.T., Zeidberg, L.D., Benfield, M.C., Bush, S.L., Robison, B.H., & M. Vecchione. 2013. First in situ observations of the deep-sea squid Grimalditeuthis bonplandi reveal unique use of tentacles. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 280: 20131463 Bush, S.L. 2012. Economy of arm autotomy in the mesopelagic squid Octopoteuthis deletron Young 1972. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 458: 133-140. Bush, S.L., Hoving, H.J.T., Huffard, C.L., Robison, B.R., & L.D. Zeidberg. 2012. Brooding and sperm storage by the deep-sea squid Bathyteuthis berryi (Cephalopoda: Decapodiformes). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 92(7):1629-1636. Hoving, H.J.T., Bush, S.L., & B.H. Robison. 2012. A shot in the dark: Same-sex sexual behavior in a deep-sea squid. Biology Letters. 8(2): 287-290. S. L. Bush -

PUBLICATIONS CONTINUED Sherlock, R.E., Reisenbichler, K.R., Bush, S.L., Osborn, K.J., & B.H. Robison. 2010. Near- field zooplankton and ice-face biota of free-drifting Antarctic icebergs. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography. 58: 1457-1468. Bush, S.L., Robison, B.H., & R.L. Caldwell. 2009. Behaving in the dark: locomotor, chromatic, postural and bioluminescent behaviors of the deep-sea squid Octopoteuthis deletron Young 1972. Biol. Bull. 216:7-22. Bush, S.L. & B.H. Robison. 2007. Ink utilization by mesopelagic squid. Marine Biology. 152(3):485-494. LaJeunesse, T.C., Lee, S., Bush, S.L., & J.F. Bruno. 2004. Persistence of non-Caribbean algal symbionts in Indo-Pacific mushroom corals released to Jamaica 35 years ago. Coral Reefs. 24(1):157-159. Bush, S.L., Precht, W.L., Woodley, J.D., & J.F. Bruno. 2004. Indo-Pacific mushroom corals found on Jamaican reefs. Coral Reefs. 23(2):234.

MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION Hoving, H.J.T., Bush, S.L. & B.H. Robison. Bathyal feasting: post-spawning squid as carrion for deep-sea benthic communities. Bush, S.L., Walz, K., Bolstad, K., Lindgren, A., Hoving., H.J.T., Strugnell, J., Allcock, L., Lindsay, D., & B.H. Robison. Vampyroteuthis infernalis: Two populations, one Bush, S.L., Bitondo, A. Grasse, B., Payne, C., & Paul Clarkson. Opisthoteuthis packardi sp. nov. (Octopoda: Cirrata: Opisthoteuthidae), a new species of cirrate in the Eastern Pacific. Bush, S.L., Bitondo, A. Grasse, B., Payne, C., & P. Clarkson. Egg-laying behavior and embryo development of two cirrate , Opisthoteuthis sp. and Opisthoteuthis cf. californiana Bush, S.L. & K.J. Osborn. Population connectivity and species delimitations in an open ocean taxa, the Pteropoda (: Gastropoda).

TEACHING EXPERIENCE Course Designer and Instructor - Tropical Islands: How Did Paradise Become…Paradise?, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, California State University, Monterey Bay, 2010 Graduate Student Instructor – Biology and Geomorphology of Tropical Islands, University of California, Berkeley, 2009 Course Designer and Instructor - Natural History and Human Interactions of Monterey Bay, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, California State University, Monterey Bay, 2009 Course Designer and Instructor - The Deep Sea, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, California State University, Monterey Bay, 2008 Graduate Student Instructor - Invertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, 2006 Graduate Student Instructor - Animal Biology: A Behavioral View, University of California, Berkeley, 2005 Graduate Student Instructor - General Biology, University of California, Berkeley, 2004, 2005 Teaching Assistant - Oceanography, Three Seas Program, Northeastern University, 2004 Teaching Assistant - Marine Conservation Biology, Three Seas Program, Northeastern University, 2004 Teaching Assistant and Lab Instructor - Marine Biology for Non –Science Majors, Harvard University, 2003

2 S. L. Bush - CONFERENCE TALKS AND INVITED LECTURES “Using integrative to reveal hidden biodiversity in the open ocean and deep sea” Stanford University, Hopkins Marine Station, Fall Lecture Series, 2014

“Squids (and other ) around Saba” Sea & Learn on Saba, Dutch Caribbean, Caribbean, 2014

“Deep-sea cephalopods of the Monterey Bay” Staff Enrichment Program, Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey, CA, 2014

“Shape and color change, bioluminescence, and arm autotomy in a deep-sea squid” Student Oceanography Club, Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey, CA, 2014

“The role of arm regeneration in the behavioral ecology of a deep-sea squid“ Cephalopods as Models for Tissue Regeneration, Stazione Zoologica, Naples, Italy, 2013

“Physiology of Deep-Sea Invertebrates: Predicting Responses to Climate Change” National Museum of Natural History, Invertebrate Zoology Lecture Series, 2012

“A tale of two species: Polarization camouflage and climate change physiology in squids” Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, 2011

“Lost limbs and flashing lights: defensive behaviors of deep-sea squids” Department of Biological Sciences, University of Rhode Island, 2010

“Behavioral Ecology of Deep-sea Squids”, NOAA Ocean Explorer Teacher Enrichment Workshop, San Diego, CA, 2010

“Squids Will Be Squids” Biology and Geomorphology of Tropical Islands, University of California, Berkeley, 2009

“Deep-sea squid covert activities…” TONMOCON III, 2009

“Deep sea squid: What are they inking?” Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Colloquium, Hartnell College, 2009

“Hunting and hiding in the dark: Predator-prey interactions in the deep sea”, Sea Creatures Rediscovered, Pacific Grove Natural History Museum, 2009

“How to survive as a squid in the deep sea” NOAA Ocean Explorer Teacher Enrichment Workshop, San Diego, CA, 2009

“Deep sea research: Understanding animal adaptations” California State University, Channel Islands, Resource Management Course, 2008

“Arm autotomy in a mesopelagic squid” Micheli Lab, Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University, 2008

“Deep sea research and squid defenses” UC Berkeley Lawrence Hall of Science, MARE Summer Leadership Institute, 2008

3 S. L. Bush - CONFERENCE TALKS AND INVITED LECTURES CONTINUED “Defensive behavior of a deep-sea squid” American Society of Limnology & Oceanography Conference, 2007

“Posing in the dark: Behavioral components of the deep-sea squid Octopoteuthis deletron” World Congress of Malacology, 2007

“Animal adaptations to the deep sea” Camp SEA Lab, 2007

“Autotomy as a deep-sea squid defense” Society of Integrative & Comparative Biology Conference, 2007

“Ink release by deep-sea squid” 11th International Deep-sea Biology Symposium, 2006

“Why do deep-sea squids release ink in the dark?” American Malacological Society Conference, 2006

“How does a midwater squid avoid becoming a sperm whale (or ROV) meal?” MBARI Summer Intern Symposium, 2006

“A day in the life of a squid” Bermuda Biological Station for Research Scientific Photography Course Symposium, 2004

“It’s pitch-black down here: Why are the squids still inking?” MBARI Summer Intern Symposium, 2003

UNDERGRADUATE MENTORING Haley Oleynik, Colby College – Imaging and Documentation of Pteropod Molluscs Nathaniel Coolidge, URI – Respiratory physiology of deep-sea Oplophorid shrimp Maria Zizka, UC Berkeley – Sea urchins distribution changes in Mo'orea, French Polynesia Stosh Ozog, UC Berkeley – Color variation in relation to symbiosis in giant clams Danielle Desmet, UC Berkeley – Distribution of large sponges on Mo’orea, French Polynesia Connor Dibble, UC Berkeley – Intraspecific competition in a tropical bryozoan Katie Hendrickson, UC Berkeley – defense of host corals by a corallivorous snail Carolyn Kobervig, UC Berkeley – Plankton distribution and substrate preferences Ian Will, UC Berkeley – Ecology of the ectoparasitic gastropods on sea cucumbers Nick Fletcher, UC Berkeley – Freshwater runoff effects on microcommunities Alexandria Pickard, UC Berkeley – Influence of coastal marae construction on coral populations Alexandra Title, UC Berkeley – Study of coral diversity in Mo’orea, French Polynesia Julia Hassen, UC Berkeley – The geomorphology of Motu Tihura with a focus on human impact Ryan Wilson, UC Berkeley – Gastropod distribution on a motu in Mo’orea, French Polynesia Christine Mansfield, UC Berkeley – Effects of density on intraspecific aggression in a fiddler crab Chris Ahlgren, UC Berkeley – Life history of the plant Sophora tomentosa on reef islands Trisha Borland, UC Berkeley – Cordyline fruticosa: the continuity of a sacred plant Elliot Chan, UC Berkeley – Medicinally active secondary compounds in Leguminosae Amanda Minnich, UC Berkeley – The effect of Falcataria moluccana on native plants Annie Maguire, UC Berkeley – Courtship and time budgets of White-tailed Tropicbirds Rebecca Wilcox, UC Berkeley – Seabird predation by swamp harriers (Circus approximans) Irene Chen, UC Berkeley – Evaluation of fungus for biological control of an introduced plant Danielle Peña, UC Berkeley – Jumping spider (Araneae: Salticidae) distribution and ecology Vanessa Lovenburg, UC Berkeley – Terrestrial gastropod biodiversity on Mo’orea 4 S. L. Bush - EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH Science Fair Judge, Marshall High School, Falls Church, VA Author, Dumbo Octopus chapter, World Book Encyclopedia Instructor, Kayaking & Snorkeling, Young Women in Science, Monterey Bay Aquarium, CA Author, Squid Science: Field Notes from Stephanie Bush, University of California Museum of Paleontology (http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/science/profiles/bush_0704index.php) Science Fair Judge, The Aptos Academy, Aptos, CA Workshop Leader, 9th Annual University of California, Santa Cruz Expanding Your Horizons Conference in Science, Math and Engineering for 9th- 12th grade girls

RESEARCH AND FIELD EXPERIENCE 2012 – present Researcher, species delineations and population connectivity in pteropod molluscs Collaborator: Dr. Karen Osborn, SI-NMNH 2004-present Researcher, deep-sea squid defensive behaviors. Ink release, ink chemical composition, marine organism reaction to ink, deep-sea squid body patterning, deep-sea squid arm autotomy. Collaborator: Dr. Bruce Robison, MBARI 2010 – 2012 Researcher, climate change physiology in deep-sea associated with oxygen minimum layers (OMLs) Collaborator: Dr. Brad Seibel, Univ. Rhode Island 2010 – 2012 Researcher, polarization camouflage in cephalopods, part of an Office of Naval Research MURI grant. PI: Molly Cummings, Univ. Texas, Austin 2007-2009 Researcher, liquid chromatography-mass spectroscopy of cephalopod ink. Collaborator: Dr. Ulla Anderson, University of California, Berkeley 2006 Researcher, animal camouflage. Sulawesi, Papua, and Ambon, Indonesia. 2006 Assistant intern coordinator and researcher, deep-sea squid arm autotomy. Advisor: Dr. George Matsumoto, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute. 2005 Researcher, stomatopod reaction to squid ink. Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, Coconut Island. 2003 Intern, deep-sea squid ink release. Advisor: Dr. Bruce Robison, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute. 2003 Researcher, courtship behavior in the Caribbean Reef Squid. Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles. Collaborator: Jennifer Mather, University of Lethbridge. 2003 Researcher, heat shock response in anemones. Independent study, Three Seas Program. Advisor: Dr. Michael Lesser, University of New Hampshire. 2003 Researcher, heterotrophy in corals. Discovery Bay, Jamaica. Independent study, Three Seas Program. Advisor: Dr. Pete Edmunds, California State University, Northridge. 2002 Researcher, primary productivity. Friday Harbor Laboratories, WA. Independent study, Three Seas Program. Advisor: Dr. Jan Newton, University of Washington. 2002 Researcher, bryozoan natural products. Advisor: Dr. Elizabeth Balser, Illinois Wesleyan University. 2001 Researcher, coral colonization. Orpheus Island Research Station, James Cook University, Australia. Advisor: Dr. Bette Willis, James Cook University. 2001 Station and research assistant. Orpheus Island Research Station, James Cook University, Australia.

5 S. L. Bush - RESEARCH CRUISES R/V Rachel Carson, Monterey Bay. MBARI, 2013 – present, 6 cruises as chief scientist R/V Pt. Lobos, Monterey Bay. MBARI, 2003-2010 (64 cruises, incl. those as chief scientist) R/V Western Flyer, Monterey Bay; Oregon; Gulf of Ca. MBARI, 2003-present (18 cruises) R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer, Antarctica. MBARI, 2008, 2009 R/V Derek M. Bayliss, Monterey Bay. MBARI, 2006 R/V New Horizon, Gulf of California, Mexico. University of Rhode Island, 2006, 2010, 2011 R/V Pt. Sur, Monterey Bay. Moss Landing Marine Labs, 2008 R/V Endeavor, Northwest Atlantic. University of Rhode Island, 2011 R/V Kilo Moana, Hawai’i. University of California, Santa Barbara, 2012 FSV Pisces, Northwest Atlantic. NOAA/NMFS, 2012 R/V New Horizon, Santa Barbara Basin. UNOLS Training Course, 2012

FELLOWSHIPS, SCHOLARSHIPS, AND HONORS National Science Foundation, Graduate Research Fellowship, 2006-2009 Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor, UC Berkeley, 2007 UC Museum of Paleontology Remington-Kellogg Grant, 2008 Robert and Nancy Beim Field Research Fellowship, 2008 Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology, Student Support, 2007 Graduate Research Funds, UC Berkeley, 2007, 2008, 2009 Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid of Research, 2006 Julius Thomas Hansen Travel Fellowship, UC Berkeley, 2006 Graduate Student Summer Fellowship, UC Berkeley, 2006, 2007, 2008 Ralph I. Smith Grant for Marine Research, UC Berkeley, 2005 Bermuda Biological Station for Research, Course Scholarship, 2005 Phi Beta Kappa, National Honor Society, inducted 2002 Beta Beta Beta, Biology Honors Society, inducted 2002 Dean’s List, Illinois Wesleyan University, 1998-2000, 2001-2002 Golden Key International Honor Society, nominated 2001 Presidential Scholarship, Illinois Wesleyan University, 1998-2002

POSTERS Bush, S. L., & B. A. Seibel. Measuring the anaerobic response of the deep-sea mysid ingens to low oxygen: Implications for oxygen minimum zone expansion. 5th International Zooplankton Production Symposium. Pucon, Chile, 2011 Kaufmann, R. S., Garcia, D. N., Robison, B. R., Sherlock, R. E., Reisenbichler, K. R., Bush, S. L., Smith, K. L. Jr., Osborn, K. J., & M. S. Lowery. Effects of Free-Drifting Icebergs on the Abundance and Composition of Macrozooplankton and Micronekton Communities in the Southern Ocean. ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Portland, OR, 2010 Robison, B. H., Sherlock, R. E., Reisenbichler, K. R. & S. L. Bush. In situ studies of the dark ocean: deep pelagic biology and ecology. ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Nice, France, 2009

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND DEVELOPMENT Reviewer: Biology Letters, The Biological Bulletin, Marine Biology, Marine Biology Research, Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, Oregon Sea Grant Centers for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence (COSEE) - Ocean Systems and New England Ocean Science Education Collaborative (NEOSEC) “Strategies for Engaging in Broader Impact Programs” Workshop Centers for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence (COSEE) - GEARS Workshop

6 S. L. Bush - WEBSITES SI http://invertebrates.si.edu/bush.htm UC BERKELEY UCMP: http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/science/profiles/bush_0704.php PERSONAL: stephalopod.com

PUBLISHED PHOTOGRAPHS OF ORGANISMS Deep-sea squid H. heteropsis – UC Berkeley, Dept. of Integrative Biology, newsletter cover Deep-sea squid G. phyllura – UC Berkeley, Dept. of Integrative Biology, research pamphlet Antarctic krill – ICEBERG II/Exploratorium Picture of the Day Squat lobster larva– MBARI Board Meeting Proceedings, cover Caribbean Reef Squid, Sepioteuthis sepioidea – Byrne et al. 2010, Ferrantia

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES AND ORGANIZATIONS American Academy of Underwater Sciences - Scientific Diver American Malacological Society American Society of Limnology and Oceanography Animal Behavior Society Sigma Xi, Associate Member Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology

PRESS Re: A shot in the dark: Same-sex sexual behavior in a deep-sea squid http://www.mbari.org/news/homepage/2011/squid-mating-behavior/squid-mating-behavior.html http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/21/science/21squid.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14986769 http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/09/deep-sea-squid-mate-indiscrimina.html http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/sep/21/male-squid-mate-sex-dark http://www.livescience.com/16146-sex-starved-bisexual-squid.html http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/09/20/indiscriminate-squid- just-implantin- everyone-with-sperm/

Re: Economy of autotomy in the mesopelagic squid Octopoteuthis deletron http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2012/07/disarming-deep-sea-tactics.html?ref=hp http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2012/08/podcast-surviving-rabies-skin-ca.html?ref=hp http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2012/08/01/deep-sea-squid-can-break-off-all-its- arms-onto-an-enemy/#more-7353 http://www.uri.edu/news/releases/?id=6335 http://www.ecori.org/press-releases/2012/8/3/uri-scientist-makes-squid-lose-its-arms.html http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/48486657/ns/technology_and_science-science/#.UBxE4b_F5wE http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/186641/watch-a-squid-disconnect-its-arm-to-survive-attack/ http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-08/03/armless-squid http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2181643/The-squid-simply-leaves-arms-flees.html http://laughingsquid.com/deep-sea-squid-detach-arms-when-faced-with-predators-or-prey/ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/31/squid-detach-arms-octopoteuthis_n_1725772.html http://www.sciencecodex.com/deepsea_squid_can_jettison_arms_as_defensive_tactic-95984 http://phys.org/news/2012-08-kind-squid-jettison-arm-video.html http://www.abc.es/20120802/ciencia/abci-calamar-amputa-brazos-201208021612.html http://www.khoahoc.com.vn/khampha/dai-duong-hoc/40945_Loai-duy-nhat-biet-tu-chat-tay-de-phong- ve.aspx http://kopalniawiedzy.pl/Octopoteuthis-deletron-kalamarnica-ramiona-autotomia-Stephanie-Bush,16351

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